African Americans, Business Incubators, Entrepreneurship, Micro-entrepreneurship, Social Capital, Social Networks

This case study analyzed how 15 African American micro-entrepreneurs in a low-income community located in the Northeastern part of the United States perceive the assistance they received from a micro-business incubator in establishing social...

Currently, the United States of America incarcerates 2.3 million people--more than at any time in its history. In the 1980s, due to a political shift toward support for punitive criminal justice policies, which included an expensive and expansive...

This study examined the effectiveness of a pilot program utilizing practice standardized test questions for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders in an economically disadvantaged school and evaluated the impact of the pilot program on pre- and post-test...

This quantitative, causal-comparative study utilized ex post facto data to examine the impact of education support advisors (ESAs) on the discipline, attendance, and achievement of at-risk students in Grades 3-12. Fourteen education support...